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1,100-Pound Crocodile Snatches Lawnmower From a Park Worker!

Watch a 1,100 Pound Crocodile Snatch a Lawnmower From a Park WorkerA giant crocodile lunged at a reptile park worker in Australia Wednesday, snatching his lawnmower and pulling it into the water with him.

The 16-foot, 1,100-pound croc, known as “Elvis,” lost two teeth as he proceeded to gnaw at his new toy.

“Before we knew it, the croc had the mower above his head,” Tim Faulkner, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park told the Telegraph. “He got his jaws around the top of the mower and picked it up and took it underwater with him.”

Workers ultimately used kangaroo meat to lure Elvis to the other end of his lagoon so they could retrieve the mower.

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  • LOTO
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:53pm

    That toothache is not going help his normally chipper mood.

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  • Jeff Barton
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:03pm

    he should be luggage

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:57pm

    No, sometimes the keyboard just does something unexpected.
    Ya know hit the wrong key…new puter…

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  • guntotinsquaw
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:46pm

    DANGER, DANGER, DANGER…Crikey that was close..Isn’t he a beaut…sure miss Steve Irwin

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    • P8riot
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:37pm

      LOL… awesome comment! He was such a cool and nice guy! During my time in the Marines, one of my favorite places was Australia. Great people.

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  • Publius Novus
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:08pm

    lol….DHS, NSA, CIA, FBI….OWS?

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  • certified ethical hacker
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:54pm

    The sad thing is they had to waste some perfectly good ROOs on the CROC, could they not find any demos to feed he. On second thought I do not imagine a crock would eat a foul and nasty democrap. on top of that PETA would probably sue them for mistreatment of the croc if they threw some trash like pelosi or mrs obummer in there as feed

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    • maumau
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:19pm

      no waste there kangaroos are like cockroaches way too many

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:57pm

      Ozzie cats love roos. I am not sure how they pulled it off, but them cats managed to employ humans to catch, kill and can roos for them.

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    • Krutch
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 11:04am

      What,…no more Mc roo-burgers! They feed ‘em to the crocks now?

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  • John the Doe
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:13pm

    Blaze does say 16 foot, 1,1100 pound crock. I can’t find the part about 1,600 foot crock. Thats not why I’m here. Crocks do not like loud noise, the park will have to invest in a catalytic converter and triple stage muffler to quiet down the mower or buy a push mower.

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    • chips1
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:35pm

      Why not an Obama car? It is quiet and might have enough power. Just stick a blade under it.

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    • voiceofreason305
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:55pm

      I hate Obama as much as the next guy, but Blaze commentors interject him in EVERY story and imo lack humor…

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    • idarusskie
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:10pm

      battery powered mower.

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    • Protoham
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 6:30pm

      That be his mate, they will be lucky if they can get the mower out of there.

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:03pm

    16 feet?? That’s A LOT of size 6 shoes for me…. Who’s ready to take my order?!

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  • RightThinking1
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:54pm

    I did abandon my weedeater to a nest of yellowjackets once. Interestingly, they clustered all over the thing rather than pursuing me.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:07pm

      consider yourself luck then, i mow for a living and have be stung a lot, yellow jackets usually pursue and attack,no matter how fast you can run, they catch you, that is why i mow covered up even my face,yep,it is hot,but i would rather be hot than get stung 50 times again.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:08pm

      my bad, i need to be the one proof reading, i meant to say ““ consider yourself lucky ””

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    • quicker
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:47pm

      I have to go out and do battle with the fire ants .

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  • RightThinking1
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:50pm

    Mom? I’m not going to able to finish mowing the yard…

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:54pm

      Wow, a 1,600 foot crock? C’mon, Blaze, you guys need to proof-read your own work.

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    • Luke611
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:02pm

      Thta’s nothing….We got lizards bigger that outside of Nacogoches, Texas …. and after they use the mower they weed-eat and snow shovel if the occassion calls for it.

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    • commonsenseguy
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 6:17pm

      @m luke,i live in texas and do not know where nacogoches is,i know where nacogdoches is but never heard of that one, i also know we can tell some whoppers here,but lizards really, big foot maybe,but lizards okay, maybe in nacogoches you do but i will have to see them first.

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    • Justthefactsmam
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 7:03pm

      @Grannytal…yes I admit that the Blaze has their share of mistakes when they post a story…I have just looked back several times, where did they say it was a “1600 foot” croc??

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:02pm

      the blaze will see the ridicule and then quietly fix the errors. It would be gracious if they inserted an ed note of thanks….

      But you know how pride works..

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:50pm

    the only person they can get to mow the place now is a newbe, and that is only if no one tells them about his lawn mower fetch, i just wonder how long until some one fro peta calls with a problem with them feeding him kangaroo meat, because everyone knows some liberal will cry until they make the crocodile a vegetarian.

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  • nobama4ever
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:45pm

    careless typo. It probably is 16 feet instead of 1600 feet.

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:43pm

    Gives new meaning to the dog ate my homework.

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  • lynda1276
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:42pm

    proof readers wanted- please apply at “The Blaze” lol

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  • DavidDave
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:41pm

    The croc needs more iron in his diet.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:38pm

    1100 pound gator wants lawnmower it gets lawnmower.

    1600 ft gator – it eats GODZILLA.

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:37pm

    Why yes sir Mr. Crocodile, you may have the lawnmower. Would you like me to get you another one?

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  • NC
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:35pm

    “The 1,600-foot, 1,100-pound croc, known as “Elvis,” lost two teeth as he proceeded to gnaw at his new toy.”

    I’ve just got to shake my head in wonderment, not at the story, but how this typo slipped through. Either too much caffeine o too little.

    Maybe the editors need an edit button like us posters would like to have. Just a little 30 second chance to correct typos.

    NC (often Needs Correcting)

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  • jnobfan
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:34pm

    Probly meant 1600 centermeters or some millifeeters or some other of that foren measorement crap called metrix

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    • Twobyfour
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:15pm

      Metric system is not so bad when you need to derive equations. Still, a pound of flesh sounds much better than kilogram of flesh in regards to crocs, it’s about half as much..

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  • exATCer
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:34pm

    “The 1,600-foot, 1,100-pound croc, known as “Elvis,” DANG!!!

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  • applehill
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:32pm

    1,600 foot croc WOW! Any croc that big, gets to keep whatever he wants. :P

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  • NeoKong
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:30pm

    See….nobody likes their neighbor’s lawnmower.

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    • piper60
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:12pm

      LOLOLOLOL!!! My thoughts, exactly. This croc knows how to get the mower to shut the heck up.

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  • TNT75
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:27pm

    1600 feet long? That’s over a quarter mile. Wow!

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  • VermontPatriot
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:26pm

    I want to see a 1600 foot long croc!

    Must be very skinny. The dang croc is longer than it weighs in pounds.

    Yo Blaze, yall should at least proofread your articles a little bit before posting them.

    LOL.

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  • right
    Posted on December 28, 2011 at 5:25pm

    Well if he wants my mower he can have it:) I’m not going to fight him for it.

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